Cant hook



Nov. 1924. 1,514,478

' CANT Hook- Filed Oct. 28. m2]

Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNlTED STATES HALLIE D. SWAIN, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

CANT 'HOOK.1

1 Application filed October 28, 1921. Serial No. 511,163.

T 0 all who-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALLIE D. SWAIN, a

citizen of the UnitedStates of America,

and resident of Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State ofMississipphhavc" invented certain new and useful Improvev ments in CantHooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cant hooks, and I it has for an object theprovision of novel means whereby the cant hook may be manipulated tomore effectually move logs and the like, and in which provision is madefor bracing action of the hook during the manipulation of the stock; andfurthermore in the provision of novel means for insuring a firmanchorage of the nose of the stock as it engages the log to be moved. Itis a still further object of this invention to provide a cant hookhaving a mounting to which the hook is pivotally connected and by whichthe oscillation of the hook is limited, in order that it may be held andcaused to stand at a proper angle with relation to the stock.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventionv consistsin the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combinationof parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichFigure 1 illustrates a View in elevation of a cant hook embodying theinvention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional View on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 withparts omitted;

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of the hook clip Figure .1illustrates a detailed view on the line 4 r of Fig. 1:

Figures 5 illustrates a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1; and

Figure 6 illustrates a view in elevation on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In these drawings 10 denotes a stock: which may be of ordinary type, and11 a nose on the end of the stock which may be held thereon by frictionand by fastenings 12, such as screws or the like, the said nose havinglips 13 and 14 oppositely disposed with relation to each other.

V The edges of the lips-* are recessed or logs or timber.

serrated to form anchoringpoints which insure a firm hold of the nose orthe lip of the nose when it is pressed into engagement with the log. Thelip 13 is also provided with recesses forming the engaging points 15 anditis to be used to hold the stock in proper position while turning Aclip or split band 16 is anchored on the stock by a fastening 17 such asa'screw, and the said clip has apertured ears or lugs 18 at its edges,the apertures of the said lugs being intended to receive the pivot 19 bywhich the shank 20 of the book A is oscillatably mounted with relationto the stock. The inner surfaces of the lugs are provided with shoulders21 which are engaged by the hook to limit the oscillation of the hook inone direction, in order that it may always be held distended and inposition where the spur 22 may be in position to impinge the anchorage.

The spur 20 extends from the hook between the point of the hook end theangle of the hook and shank, and the said angle forms a fulcrum whichwill cause the spur to be disengaged from its anchorage when the handleis properly manipulated. The hook and spur render it possible for anoperator to push or pull. by simple manipulation of the handle in eitherdirection, and, as stated, the spur can be readily disengaged by reasonof the fulcrum afforded by theangular portion.

As shown, the spur is recessed as at 22 to form the two prongs 23 and24:, a condition which forms a firm anchorage and, to a great extent,prevents a tendency of the stock to oscillate laterally. The notch in isthe spur also prevents the spur from seating too deeply in the timberand this prevents damage to the timber and allows it to be releasedwithout undue efiort. On ac count of the width and angle of the spur, I

it will be prevented from slipping, and this is an added feature ofadvantage for this construction.

The spur is shown as in a direct line latably mounted, and it willengage in any wooden surface without strain on the spur.

with the pivot on which the hook is oscil- It will be observed that thecant hook stock as a lever.

sides of a logo]? timber or any: ()Cld ShwPQtt above, as= the' lip couldhemade i to raise object that lies fiat on floor or ra nin the objectandlc'ssen the'fi'ictionr when the hook is used as a. fulcrum with theThis relation of parts prevents the end of the stock from slippin on theobject to he moved. the lips are recessed or serrated, as has beenstated. which, when placed at an angle to the objcct to be moved, willinsure a firm hold" when the stock is used as a lever on the the personusing: the device" without the necessity of employing a hook on eitherend. If the nose Were placed ufnde-r'an' oh ject tdhe moved, the spurwill engage the side of the object to move' it, as described The edgesof to for-in anchoring points I. claim: 1

In a-cant-h0ok;-a-stoek. a shank pivotal mounted on the stock, a hook onthe outer end of the shank extending inwardly, a spur projecting fromthe face of the hook a nd extending outwardly approximately opposite tothe direction of the hook, a nose-piece 0n the end ofthe' stock belowthe pivot ofthe sha-nlq anchoringelements projecting fi-o1n opposi'tsids'ofth'e stock at anangle with relationto the axis-of the stock, one ofsaid anchoring el'ements'be in'g positioned to extend toward the hookand the other anchoringelement being 10 cated on the opposite side ofsaid stock" andextending aWafv from the said hook.

HAIZLIE D. SVVAIN

